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Who doesn't love extra cream in their coffee?

A sweet way to have your coffee, with the added flavors of spicy cinnamon and hint of chocolate.

• 1 1/2 cups coffee, hot
• 1/2 cup cream
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tbs sugar
• 4 tsp chocolate syrup

Add a teaspoon of chocolate syrup to the bottom of 4 small cups. Stir together cream, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, all the nutmeg and sugar. Whip until you have soft peaks.

Stir remaining cinnamon into the hot coffee. Pour coffee into cups and stir to blend with the chocolate. Top with spiced whipped cream.

Another lightly spiced coffee with a citrus twist

This quick recipe has all the ingredients coming together before you actually brew your coffee. How convenient. The anise and orange add a noticeable tropical flavour to your coffee. 

• 3 tbs ground coffee (coarse)
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cocoa
• 1 tsp anise seed (whole)
• Pinch of dried orange peel pieces

Blend ingredients, and brew by your favorite method. Using a french press or a plunger pot is the traditional brewing style for this coffee recipe.

Makes enough coffee for about 4 cups.

Honey and coffee go so well together

Honey has a wonderful flavour, as well as adding some natural sweetness to your cup of coffee. It doesn’t take much to change the whole feeling of your cup.

• 2 cups coffee (hot)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 tbs honey
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon

Heat everything until warm, but don’t let it boil. Stir well until the honey dissolves completely in the coffee, and serve.

So many liqueurs in just one cup of coffee

A whole concoction of liqueurs will provide more flavour than you’re used to in a coffee cocktail. A cup of this will warm more than your nose.

• 1/4 oz Tia Maria
• 1/4 oz Frangelico
• 1/4 oz Baileys
• 1/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 1 cup hot coffee

Combine ingredients in a mug and serve. Not much else to say.

Serves 1.

I've been putting maple syrup in my coffee for years

Maple syrup and rum gives this drink a taste of the outdoors. Vermont does have some of the best maple syrup around, though Canadian maple syrup is in a class by itself.

• 1 oz light cream
• 1 oz maple syrup
• 2 oz dark rum
• 6 oz hot coffee

Combine in a mug, and enjoy.

Serves 1.

Not sure how Spanish it is, but this is a fantastic coffee cocktail you can make quickly.

Tia Maria, rum and coffee. Nice and easy. The Tia Maria gives this cocktail some added coffee flavour. You can use light or dark rum, depending on your taste.

• 1/2 oz Tia Maria
• 1/2 oz rum
• 1 cup hot coffee

Mix and serve with whipped cream.

Serves 1.

The praline liqueur gives a wonderfully nutty taste that goes with the cream.

Creamy and sweet like hot cocoa, but this coffee cocktail is flavoured with praline liquor. The spirits give it the taste of candied nuts.

• 3 cups hot coffee
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbs butter
• 3/4 praline liqueur

Stir everything together (except for the spirits) in a saucepan and heat through, until all of the sugar is dissolved. Add praline liqueur and serve.

Serves 4

You probably will want to make more than 1 cup of this for your friends

A flaming coffee drink that will impress at a party. Maybe a little too showy for your typical morning coffee, but a wonderful spiced recipe when serving coffee cocktails for a crowd.

• 1 cup coffee
• 1 orange
• 5 tbs cognac
• 5 tbs benedictine
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 3 cloves, whole

Strip off a large piece of orange zest, and poke the cloves into it. Place in the bottom of a mug, with the brown sugar. In a saucepan, mix the cognac and benedictine and heat through. Light the alcohol and pour (flaming) into the mug. Fill mug with coffee and serve.

Serves 1.